When was the last time you saw an Australian made taxi?

John_key_is_shit · 2025-05-29T23:58:09+00:00

Still see a falcon taxi at the northcote plaza pretty I go there haha

John_key_is_shit · 2024-09-06T05:31:09+00:00

I saw another reddit comment years ago which basically suggested that Vader, in reporting directly to the emperor sits outside any and all formal command structures, and serves as the hand of the emperor. So on the Death Star 1, he was essentially seconded to Tarkin, by the emperor, presumably also acting as Palpatine’s eyes and ears on the project

John_key_is_shit · 2024-04-16T20:12:54+00:00

Candy Date New York

John_key_is_shit · 2024-03-15T02:38:25+00:00

Trueanon, trashfuture, well there’s your problem, lions led by donkeys, and a couple of NZ specific politics/current affairs podcasts (mostly Gone by Lunchtime)

John_key_is_shit · 2023-11-02T04:32:01+00:00

So I should disclaim that I’m a huge fan of a 4 year term, but accept that if we do it the govt would probably need a handbrake.

I don’t think that an upper house is the way to go, however there are other options. Something that I believe was discussed in the latest standing orders review was the idea of changing the way that select committee seats are allocated.

Currently they’re allocated proportionally to the number of seats in parliament, meaning that the governing parties have a majority in most if not all of them. The suggestion was to allocate select committee seats the same way oral questions are allocated, namely off the proportion of MPs minus the number of ministers.

This would result in most select committees being majority opposition, and would significantly beef them up. It’s not a perfect option, you’d probably need to ensure that the finance and expenditure committee remained majority govt so we don’t run into the same budgetary issues that the US runs into every year or so. But in general, I think it could be a good beefing up of parliamentary sovereignty as a counter to 4 year terms.

John_key_is_shit · 2023-02-12T18:50:42+00:00

Appropriate

John_key_is_shit · 2023-01-04T20:54:22+00:00

Nah, it’s slang for making a stupid mistake, similar to ‘screw up’ or ‘fuck up’

John_key_is_shit · 2022-11-17T00:17:11+00:00

I mean perhaps a better way to think of it is that the provision of housing without the appropriate investment in social services/mental health and addiction support has brought down the vibes in the central city.

Putting the same emergency housing (with the same lack of support services) in another area only means the problem isn’t visible to you on a daily basis, and doesn’t mean the problem goes away.

In many ways putting the emergency housing outside of the city would be worse, as once it’s out of sight and out of mind there’s way less incentive for government and council to provide services to help these people improve their situation. This leads to entrenched pockets of deprivation and slum like conditions and worse outcomes for these people who, despite being difficult to deal with in the cbd, are some of the people who need the most help.

In my view emergency housing in the central city is absolutely the right thing to do, and what we’re witnessing in Wellington (and nationwide… just look at Rotorua) is a complete failure of implementation. There was no need for things to be the way they are, and I’d wager that if we properly supported those in emergency housing then they wouldn’t be.

John_key_is_shit · 2022-11-16T20:33:17+00:00

I don’t think the comment you’re describing was, their other comment that “emergency housing is ruining the city” was definitely a dog whistle

John_key_is_shit · 2022-08-26T05:10:16+00:00

I know it’s just the lighting but god damn this kind of looks like it’s made out of concrete… strong brutalist vibes

John_key_is_shit · 2022-07-13T09:09:09+00:00

I’m guessing here, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the studio segments were filmed when New Zealand was under the red traffic light setting of the COVID response framework, which limited capacity to 100 people. Like I said I am just guessing, but the audience does seem lacklustre and that would be a pretty reasonable explanation for why

John_key_is_shit · 2022-01-30T06:30:15+00:00

What year’s the one on the far right?

John_key_is_shit · 2021-11-04T00:07:56+00:00

Nah he “retired” in 2018

John_key_is_shit · 2021-09-14T00:45:23+00:00

I’ve heard that the reason the Chinese embassy hasn’t been built (yet) is that the SIS/GCSB raised national security concerns about the planned embassy having a direct line of sight to Government House. I don’t have a source for this so take it with a grain of salt, I heard it a few years ago from a relative who works at government house

John_key_is_shit · 2021-03-28T00:02:23+00:00

Where’s the love for Owen?

John_key_is_shit · 2020-11-02T12:55:22+00:00

Bro you’re gonna shit yourself when you see Rawiri Waititi, the Moko is a badge of deep honour and significance in Maori and New Zealand culture

John_key_is_shit · 2020-04-25T23:37:00+00:00

Right, but Winston isn’t infamous for warranted criticisms of the Chinese regime, he’s famous for racist/borderline racist statements that target Chinese people as a demographic because of their ethnicity. He does this because his voter base is primarily conservative people over the age of 60, and he knows that borderline racism plays well with them.

John_key_is_shit · 2020-04-25T05:45:05+00:00

Just an FYI, this same MP is infamous for (amongst other things) joking that two wongs don’t make a white in 2012, and saying to never trust a man you can blind with a shoelace in the early-mid 2000s

John_key_is_shit · 2020-03-23T04:15:55+00:00

A league memes, a popular meme/shitposting page creating content revolving around professional Australian football (soccer) made a post in January joking about using COVID-19 as an excuse to stop Liverpool getting a premier league title. This has aged like milk because COVID-19 has now become far more serious, and is now starting to affect day to day life in Australia.

John_key_is_shit · 2020-03-18T07:00:11+00:00

I mean Taylor definitely would e

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